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EXIT 13 Magazine features two dozen

MyCentralJersey
Published 6:16 p.m. ET June 20, 2014

Fanwood poet Tom Plante, editor and publisher of Exit 13 Magazine, with his daughter Kerry, outside The Poets’ Corner restaurant in Kilcolgan, County Galway, during a trip to Ireland in April.
(Photo:
PHOTO BY PATRICIA PLANTE
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FANWOOD – From its earliest days in 1988 as a homespun magazine patched together on Plante’s kitchen table, Exit 13 Magazine has focused on contemporary poetry that celebrates exploration and discovery.

“No passport is needed for the adventures you’ll encounter in the new edition of Exit 13 Magazine,” said Tom Plante, editor of the annual poetry journal that is published in Fanwood. “All you need is a willingness to let your mind wander through the poems of place that are the hallmark of this magazine.”

Poets in the new issue relive their experiences in all sorts of places, from the Jersey Shore after Sandy to the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa; from the steamy streets of the Marshall Islands in the Pacific to the cool sidewalks of North Beach in San Francisco. The emphasis is on geography and the fertile ground of the imagination.

Issue 20 of the magazine includes 48 poets, half of whom are New Jerseyans. Among the local poets are Adele Kenny, poet laureate of Fanwood; Carol Nolde of Westfield; Lisa Ann Bruckman of Scotch Plains; Nancy Lubarsky of Cranford; Linda Radice of North Plainfield; Linda Levine of Edison; and Tom Plante of Fanwood.

Editor Tom Plante named the magazine after the Elizabeth exit off the New Jersey Turnpike.

The issue costs $10, including postage, and can be ordered by mailing Exit 13 Magazine, Box 423, Fanwood, NJ 07023. For more information, e-mail: Exit13magazine@yahoo.com, or visit www.facebook.com/Exit13Magazine.